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US farmers are battling to find and keep laborers and this has led to an increase farmworkers’ wages over the past year.

One of the U.S largest retailer, Target, will be implementing vertical farms in a new way of producing and sourcing food.

The World Resources Institute has reported that food wastage worth over $900 billion and emitted a large amount of greenhouse gasses.

llovo Sugar supports the prime minister of Tanzania in his efforts to increase its annual sugar production, to eliminate the need for imports

Chicken meat prices are being kept high in Botswana because of the government's tight trade restrictions on foreign producers.

A wildlife rabies vaccine is being currently developed in Namibia to deal with the kudu rabies epidemic that began in 2001.

Botswana dairy farmers are hoping government will introduce a milk import tax to protect local producers.

Gone are the days you can expect government to do the basic research to keep you in business.

According to Alex Cilliers, executive manager at GWK Meat, the decrease in consumer demand for lamb and mutton can no longer be blamed on the drought or consumer taste.

To achieve success in Africa as a primary producer or agribusiness, you must make yourself indispensable to the local community, according to Dr Jack Armour, Free State Agriculture operations manager.

Chicken is a national bird in Africa. Where there are people, you will find chickens. Here is an outstanding combination of flavours, all centred upon a slightly boozy version of Sunday lunch.

The degree of trust your stakeholders have in you and your business will determine whether you succeed or fail.

Daniel Njiwa, the Zambian representative for FoodTrade East and Southern Africa (FoodTrade ESA), writes that soya beans are one of the world’s most important and tradeable oilseeds. According to him, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) has much to gain from the development of stronger relationships among regional soya bean value chain members.

Madumbi, or the more accurate plural, amadumbe, is the rhizome that made KwaZulu-Natal famous. These flavoursome nuggets grow in our vegetable garden and can be found in fresh produce outlets across the province.

The devastation caused by veld fires in the Free State was evidence that a new approach to the management and suppression of fires was needed, according to Malcolm Procter, the department of agriculture’s deputy-director of Forest and Veld Fire in Bloemfontein.

Zambia's biggest integrated food companies, Zambeef, is taking back its hold on the poultry business shares from RCL Foods.

Glenneis Kriel spoke to Joyene Isaacs about her experiences as head of the Western Cape Department of Agriculture over the past 10 years, and the prospects for women in agriculture.

Agriculture may be highly susceptible to the effects of climate change, but it can also be used to mitigate the effects of this alarming phenomenon. Prof Richard Eckard, director of Australia’s Primary Industries Climate Challenges Centre, explains.

Cold weather demands easy-eating, easy-cooking hot food in large quantities. Try this variation on a Western cowboy theme. Take along a wide-mouthed thermos of this meal next time you’re home on the range…

A Japanese farmer has used Google’s open-source machine learning library to build a machine that can identify and sort cucumbers automatically.